Name: Acholeplasma palmae Tully et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pal’mae. L. gen. fem. n. palmae, of a palm tree, referring to the plant from which the organism was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 5233; ATCC 49389; J233

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L33734 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Rose DL, Bove JM, Carle P, Somerson NL, Williamson DL, Eden-Green S. Acholeplasma brassicae sp. nov. and Acholeplasma palmae sp. nov., two non-sterol-requiring mollicutes from plant surfaces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:680-684.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Alteracholeplasma palmae" (Tully et al. 1994) Watanabe et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00980 (N = 1).

Parent taxon: Acholeplasma Edward and Freundt 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tully JG, Whitcomb RF, Rose DL, Bove JM, Carle P, Somerson NL, Williamson DL, Eden-Green S. Acholeplasma brassicae sp. nov. and Acholeplasma palmae sp. nov., two non-sterol-requiring mollicutes from plant surfaces. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:680-684.

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Record number: 783258